We’ve put together a list of 7 Golden Rules for Safe Garden Strimming, so you can trim to your heart’s content without the fear of losing a toe. Our battery- and electric grass trimmers, combi trimmers and petrol grass trimmers are powerful, easy to use and designed to get the job done. This new shape also makes it less sensitive for water to stick on the mesh and for permanent deformation. So now you’re sure you have the right strimmer, you know where all the features of your strimmer are, you’re up to date on all the health and safety stuff, and the ground is clear and ready for action - let’s do some strimming. If you’re using a harness and wearing the right clothes, you’ll minimise the risks, but just be aware that while the strimmers turned on, you should be nowhere near the spool.

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Battery powered garden tools are lightweight and ultra mobile, however require recharging every 20 minutes or so depending on the capacity of your cell. Pitch the tip of the cutting line towards the object you’re trimming around - you’ll cut less grass as you move around the obstacle, but a tapered edge means you won’t end up with an unattractive channel of grass between where you’ve mowed and your obstruction. So before you start up your strimmer, there’s a couple of things you should tick off your checklist first.The light reduction of the visor is only 20% over the whole mesh area compared to the standard visor were the light reduction is 30%. Power tools cause vibrations and noise, both of which will take their toll on an operator over a long period of time.

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Husqvarna grass trimmers are the ultimate choice when adding the finishing touch to the edges of the lawn or trimming grass in an area that is hard to reach.This rule is for petrol strimmers only; wherever there’s a liquid fuel, there’s going to be exhaust emissions.

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If you don’t work into the cut line, you’ll start ejecting material into your cutting path, piling up clippings, bogging down your strimmer and potentially scalping the grass. It’s a fast and effective way to remove those unsightly tufts of overgrowth, but it’ll take a toll on your trimming line.Carbon-monoxide is very poisonous and invisible, so never use your strimmer in an enclosed space where gases can collect. You won’t be able to venture into more difficult terrain or tackle the far end of your garden with ease, but on the flip side, you won’t be dependent on a battery capacity. These types of tool are incredibly useful to have around and allow for completion of a variety of garden tasks. When used properly by an operator aware of the inherent risks involved, garden strimming couldn’t be safer.